Christmas bird counts scheduled

Mid-Coast Audubon has scheduled three Christmas Bird Counts for the 2014 holiday season. These counts are as follows: Sunday, Dec. 14, Pemaquid-Damariscotta with Dennis McKenna as compiler (207-563-8439), Monday, Dec. 15, Bunker Hill with John Weinrich as compiler (207-563-2930), and Saturday, Dec. 20, Thomaston-Rockland with Don Reimer as compiler (207-273-3146).

These bird counts are conducted in every state of the union and many international locations during the holiday season. The data collected, along with other citizen scientist studies such as Project Feeder Watch and the Breeding Bird Census helps researchers, conservation biologists and other intere...